Write short story about a memorable time in your life or something else very important. Try to put as much detail as you can put in. The more you write, the better your Wordle (next step) will turn out.
You should make sure that every 5-10 minutes you save you story. Please save the story in our class folder on the share drive under the title: "Unique Story - YOURNAME"
IDEAS: first dance, sports game, birthday party, holiday, time with family, favorite hobbies, heros, best friends, etc.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A STORY STRUCTURE:
Your story should have a beginning. In the beginning you should introduce your characters as well as the main problem in the story.
Your story should have supporting details. Your details will be smaller actions that happen in the story to either help fix the problem, or make it worse. You should have several details.
Your story should have a conclusion where you wrap up the problem.
EXAMPLE STORY:
STEP TWO:
Turning my Microsoft Word Doc into art with Wordle
1. After you have written your story, highlight the entire text and copy it (control-c)
2. You then need to go to www.wordle.net . This is a site which analyzes your text and organizes and shapes words by how important they were in your writing. There you will then click "Create Your Own."
3. There will be a space where you can paste text. You will want to paste your story here. Then click "go."
4. If you do not like how your image turned out, you can edit the font, layout, and colors. Once the image looks how you want it, click "save to public gallery."
HOW DO YOU CAPTURE THE IMAGE FROM A SCREEN?
Press (all at the same time) Control-Shift-PrintScreen. You can then paste a screen shot into a word or paintbrush document.
STEP THREE:
Turning my Microsoft Word Doc into a Children's Story using Powerpoint
Writing a Story
Write short story about a memorable time in your life or something else very important. Try to put as much detail as you can put in. The more you write, the better your Wordle (next step) will turn out.You should make sure that every 5-10 minutes you save you story. Please save the story in our class folder on the share drive under the title: "Unique Story - YOURNAME"
IDEAS: first dance, sports game, birthday party, holiday, time with family, favorite hobbies, heros, best friends, etc.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A STORY STRUCTURE:
Your story should have a beginning. In the beginning you should introduce your characters as well as the main problem in the story.
Your story should have supporting details. Your details will be smaller actions that happen in the story to either help fix the problem, or make it worse. You should have several details.
Your story should have a conclusion where you wrap up the problem.
EXAMPLE STORY:
STEP TWO:
Turning my Microsoft Word Doc into art with Wordle
1. After you have written your story, highlight the entire text and copy it (control-c)2. You then need to go to www.wordle.net . This is a site which analyzes your text and organizes and shapes words by how important they were in your writing. There you will then click "Create Your Own."
3. There will be a space where you can paste text. You will want to paste your story here. Then click "go."
4. If you do not like how your image turned out, you can edit the font, layout, and colors. Once the image looks how you want it, click "save to public gallery."
HOW DO YOU CAPTURE THE IMAGE FROM A SCREEN?
Press (all at the same time) Control-Shift-PrintScreen. You can then paste a screen shot into a word or paintbrush document.
STEP THREE:
Turning my Microsoft Word Doc into a Children's Story using Powerpoint